ad-moneō

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mŏnĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2 ( inf. pres. pass. monerier, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 36; perf. subj. moneris pro monueris, Pac. ap. Non. 507, 24 sq.; cf. Trag. Rel. p. 66 Rib.; likewise: di monerint meliora, Pac. ap. Non. l. l. p. 74 Rib.), v. a. [causative from the root men; whence memini, q. v., mens, mentio; lit. to cause to think].

Lit., to remind, put in mind of, bring to one's recollection; to admonish, advise, warn, instruct, teach (syn.: hortor, suadeo, doceo): bene mones; tute ipse cunctas, Enn. ap. Non. 469, 25 (Com. v. 3 Vahl.):

ea (auctoritas) adhibeatur ad monendum non modo aperte, sed etiam acriter,

Cic. Lael. 13, 44:

melius nos Zenonis praecepta monent,

Juv. 15, 107.—

Aliquem de re:

oro, ut Terentiam moneatis de testamento,

Cic. Att. 11, 16, 5; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6.—

Aliquem aliquid:

Fabius ea me ex tuis mandatis monuit,

Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1:

id ipsum, quod me mones,

id. Att. 14, 19, 1:

sed eos hoc moneo, desinant furere,

id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

vos quo pauca monerem advocavi,

Sall. C. 58, 3; id. H. 2, 96, 8.— Hence also in pass., moneri aliquid:

ut moneatur semper servos homo officium suam,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 1:

nec ea, quae ab eā (naturā) monemur, audimus,

Cic. Lael. 24, 88; cf. infra. x.—

Aliquem alicujus rei (post-Aug., and only in Tac.; cf.:

admoneo, commonefacio): Caecina milites temporis ac necessitatis monet,

Tac. A. 1, 67 Nipperd. ad loc.:

Plancinam Augusta monuit Agrippinam insectandi,

id. ib. 2, 43.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:

monere te atque hortari, ut in rem publicam incumberes,

Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2:

monet ut suspiciones vitet,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20: moneo, praedico, ante denuntio, abstineant, manus Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36:

moneo obtestorque ut, etc.,

Sall. J. 10, 3; 49, 2; id. H. 4, 61, 23:

vos, ne amittatis, etc.,

id. J. 31, 25:

Macedonas monebat, ne multitudine hostium... moverentur,

Just. 11, 13:

quamquam edicto monuisset ne quis quietem ejus interrumperet,

Tac. A. 4, 67 init. —

With an object- or rel.-clause:

(Caesar) monuit ejus diei victoriam in earum cohortium virtute constare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 89, 4:

moneret rationem frumenti esse habendam,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 34:

Cerealis propinquos monebat fortunam belli mutare, etc.,

Tac. H. 5, 24:

Arminius colligi suos et propinquare silvis monitos vertit,

id. A. 1, 63:

ultro struebantur qui monerent perfugere ad Germaniae exercitus,

id. ib. 4, 67 fin.:

Radamistum obpugnationem celerare,

id. ib. 12, 46; 13, 37; 16, 11; id. H. 4, 33:

si te unum illud monuerimus, artem sine assiduitate dicendi non multum juvare,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1:

moneo, quid facto opus sit,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65:

res monet cavere, consultare,

Sall. C. 52, 3:

alio properare tempus monet,

id. J. 19, 2.— Pass.:

cum Nicanorem insidiari Piraeo a Dercillo moneretur,

Nep. Phoc. 2, 4.—

Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

res ipsa monebat tempus esse,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 1:

(sol) caecos instare tumultus Saepe monet,

Verg. G. 1, 464:

immortalia ne speres, monet annus,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 7:

natura monet festinare,

Plin. 18, 25, 60, § 227:

ut monet ira,

Sall. H. 2, 41, 8:

ratio ipsa monet amicitias comparare,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 66.—

Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Without the accessory notion of reminding or admonishing, in gen., to teach, instruct, tell, inform, point out; also, to announce, predict, foretell:

tu vatem, tu diva, mone,

instruct thy bard, Verg. A. 7, 42:

velut divinitus mente monitā,

Liv. 26, 19:

hoc moneas precor,

Ov. F. 4, 247:

amici somnio monitus,

Suet. Aug. 91:

reddebant parvuli, quae monebantur,

what they were taught, Plin. Pan. 26:

vates Helenus cum multa horrenda moneret,

announced, foretold, Verg. A. 3, 712; cf.:

ante sinistra cavā monuisset ab ilice cornix, etc.,

id. E. 9, 15:

quid augurales alites vel cantus monerent,

Amm. 28, 1:

recte monemur, causas non utique ab ultimo esse repetendas,

Quint. 5, 10, 83.—

To punish, chastise (only in Tacitus):

puerili verbere moneri,

Tac. A. 5, 9.

to warn, admonish, remind, advise, instruct.

ad-mŏnĕo, ui, ĭtum, 2, v. a., to bring up to one's mind, to put one in mind of ( in a friendly manner), to remind, suggest, advise, warn, admonish (by influencing more directly the reason and judgment; while in adhortor the admonition is addressed immediately to the will, Doed. Syn. 1, 164: “Moneo, et admoneo hoc differunt, quod monemus futura, admonemus praeterita; illa ut caveamus et discamus, haec ut recordemur,” Aus. Popma, p. 29; cf. Ellendt ad Cic. Brut. 3, 11: “in monente benevolentia, in admonente memoria,” Ernest. no. 1663).

In gen., constr. absol. and with aliquem alicujus rei or de aliqua re, aliquam rem (Sallust employs them all); with ut or ne. when an action follows; with acc. and inf. or a rel. clause, when merely an historical [p. 42] fact is brought to view, Zumpt, § 439 and 615.

Absol.:

qui admonent amice, docendi sunt,

Cic. N. D. 1, 3:

amicissime admonere,

id. Att. 7, 26:

si sitis admoneret, profluente aquā vitam tolerat,

Tac. A. 15, 45 fin.:

admonitus in somnis,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 22.—

Aliquem alicujus rei:

admonebat alium egestatis, alium cupiditatis suae,

Sall. C. 21:

quoniam nos tanti viri res admonuit,

id. J. 95:

admonere aliquem foederis,

Liv. 35, 13; 5, 51:

judices legum et religionis,

Suet. Tib. 33:

admonitus hujus aeris alieni,

Cic. Top. 1, 5:

aetatis et condicionis admoneri,

Suet. Dom. 2; cf. Drak. ad Liv. 2, 36, 6.—And with acc. of person omitted:

adversae res admonuerunt religionum,

Liv. 5, 51; 5, 46, 6:

veterum recentiumque admonens,

Tac. H. 3, 24.—

Aliquem de aliqua re:

de aede Telluris et de porticu Catuli me admones,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4:

ut aliquid aliquando de doctrinae studiis admoneamur,

id. Rep. 1, 9:

de moribus civitatis tempus admonuit,

Sall. C. 5:

admonuit eos de auxiliis Dei,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 19.—Sometimes in passing from a subject already discussed to a new one, = docere, dicere, to treat of, to speak of:

de multitudine (verborum) quoniam quod satis esset admonui, de obscuritate pauca dicam,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 40 Müll.—

With two acc. (in gen., only with illud, istuc, quod, multa, res, etc.):

ridiculum est te istuc me admonere,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 112:

illud te esse admonitum volo,

Cic. Cael. 3, 8:

jam illud non sunt admonendi, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 2, 19, 68:

illud me praeclare admones,

id. Att. 9, 9:

sin quippiam essem admonitus,

id. Fam. 5, 8:

multa praeterea ostentis, multa extis admonemur,

id. N. D. 2, 66:

eam rem nos locus admonuit,

Sall. J. 79.—

With acc. and inf.:

admonuisti etiam dictum aliquod in petitionem tuam dici potuisse,

Cic. Planc. 34, 85 B. and K.:

et meminerant et admonebant alii alios, supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

Liv. 28, 19: nostri detrimento admonentur diligentius stationes disponere, Auct. B. G. 8, 12.—

With a rel. clause:

meus me sensus, quanta vis fraterni sit amoris, admonet,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2.—

With ut or ne:

admonebat me res, ut, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 19, 67:

Caninius noster me tuis verbis admonuit, ut scriberem,

id. Fam. 9, 6:

ea res admonet, ut, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 25; so,

corresp. with moneo,

Sen. Ep. 24, 16.—

With the simple subj. (in the historians):

simulque admonerent liberis suis prospiceret,

Nep. Ph. 1:

nisi Seneca admonuisset venienti matri occurreret,

Tac. A. 13, 5:

admonuit negotiis abstineret,

Suet. Tib. 50:

illud me admones, cum illum videro, ne nimis indulgenter, et cum gravitate potius loquar,

Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2 (where ut is to be supplied from the preceding ne).—

With a simple inf. (so most freq. after the Aug. per., but also in Cic.):

ut mos erat istius atque ut eum suae libidines facere admonebant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:

easdem decedere campis admonuit,

Verg. G. 4, 186; so,

Matrem Admonuit ratibus sacris depellere taedas,

id. A. 9, 109:

sol acrior ire lavatum admonuit,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 125; so Ov. M. 3, 601; 6, 150:

nihil agere quod non prosit, fabella admonet,

Phaedr. 3, 17; Tac. A. 15, 67:

regrediendum (sc. esse sibi),

Tac. Agr. 25.—

With ad and the gerund.:

ad thesaurum reperiendum,

Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134.—

With abl. of means or cause:

de quibus (discordiis) ipsis his prodigiis a dis immortalibus admonemur,

Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 44:

proximi diei casu admoniti omnia ad defensionem paraverunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 14:

divinā admonitus plagā,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 11.—

Esp.

To recall a thing to memory, to bring to remembrance (without any accessory notion of admonition); with acc. or gen.:

cum memor anteactos semper dolor admonet annos,

Tib. 4, 1, 189 Müll. (some read here admovet):

admonuit dominae deseruitque Venus,

id. 1, 5, 40:

nomen, quod possit equorum Admonuisse,

Ov. M. 15, 543.—

Of a creditor, to remind a debtor of his debt, to ask payment, to dun:

cum tibi cotidie potestas hominis fuisset admonendi, verbum nullum facis,

Cic. Quint. 12; so id. Top. 1 fin. —

In the poets and in later Lat., to urge or incite to action (cf. admonitor):

telo admonuit bijugos,

Verg. A. 10, 586; so Spart. Sever. 11 fin.:

liberos verberibus,

Sen. Clem. 1, 14; id. Const. Sap. 12 fin.

hortor, ātus, 1 (archaic inf. pres. hortarier, Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 5), v. dep. [for horitor, v. horior], to urge one strongly to do a thing, to incite, instigate, encourage, cheer, exhort (freq. and class.; cf.: moneo, admoneo, suadeo).

In gen., constr. aliquem, aliquem ad or in aliquid, ut, ne, with the simple subj., de aliqua re, aliquid, with the inf. or absol.

With acc. pers.:

coquos,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 5 sq.:

hacc, quae supra scripta sunt, eo spectant, ut te horter et suadeam,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 3: neque nos hortari neque dehortari decet Hominem peregrinum, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 61:

timentem,

Ov. M. 10, 466:

celeres canes,

id. H. 4, 41; cf.:

terribiles hortatus equos,

spurring on, id. M. 5, 421:

vitulos,

Verg. G. 3, 164:

pedes,

to drive on, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 7:

senex in culina clamat: hortatur cocos: Quin agitis hodie?

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 6:

hortari coepit eundem Verbis, quae timido quoque possent addere mentem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 35.—

Ad or in aliquid:

ad laudem milites,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

ad concordiam,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

ad curam rei publicae,

id. 5, 11, 24:

ad diligentiam,

id. 9, 4, 133:

ad quaerendum,

id. 5, 12, 1:

ad reliqua fortius exsequenda,

id. 4, 5, 23:

paribus Messapum in proelia dictis Hortatur,

Verg. A. 11, 521:

in amicitiam jungendam,

Liv. 43, 19, 14.—

De aliqua re:

iisdem de rebus etiam atque etiam hortor, quibus superioribus litteris hortatus sum,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1:

de Aufidiano nomine nihil te hortor,

id. ib. 16, 19:

aliquem de concilianda pace,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 3.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:

Pompeium et hortari et orare... ut magnam infamiam fugiat, non desistemus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2:

petit atque hortatur, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19 fin.:

ipse equo circumiens unumquemque nominans appellat, hortatur, rogat, uti meminerint, etc.,

Sall. C. 59, 5:

magno opere te hortor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

ego vos hortari tantum possum, ut amicitiam omnibus rebus humanis anteponatis,

id. Lael. 5, 17; 27, 104:

juvenes ut illam ire viam pergant,

Juv. 14, 121:

te sedulo Et moneo et hortor, ne cujusquam misereat,

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 7; Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 52:

Ambiorix in Nervios pervenit hortaturque, ne sui in perpetuum liberandi occasionem dimittant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 38, 2:

hortatur eos, ne animo deficiant,

id. B. C. 1, 19, 1.—With the simple subj.:

Labienum Treboniumque hortatur... ad eam diem revertantur,

id. B. G. 6, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 21, 4:

quid ego vos, de vestro impendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 10:

hortatur et monet, imitetur vicinum suum Octavium,

Suet. Aug. 3 fin. —

Aliquem aliquid or simply aliquid:

sin tu (quod te jamdudum hortor) exieris,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 12: trepidus hortabar fugam, Poët. ap. Charis. 1, 4 fin.:

equidem pacem hortari non desino,

Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.; so,

pacem amicitiamque,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5:

vias,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 22:

me miseram! cupio non persuadere quod hortor,

Ov. H. 19, 187.—

With inf. or an object-clause (rare):

cum legati hortarentur accipere,

Nep. Phoc. 1, 3:

(Daedalus) dedit oscula nato, Hortaturque sequi,

Ov. M. 8, 215; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 69:

(Chariclem medicum) remanere ac recumbere hortatus est,

Suet. Tib. 72 (cf. in the foll. b.).—

With supine:

neque ego vos ultum injurias hortor,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 17 Dietsch.—

Absol.:

hortor, asto, admoneo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10:

Sigambri fuga comparata, hortantibus iis, quos, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 18 fin.:

hortante et jubente Vercingetorige,

id. ib. 7, 26, 1; Nep. Att. 10, 4 al.—

Of inanim. or abstract things:

pol benefacta tua me hortantur, tuo ut imperio paream,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 60: res, tempus, locus, simul otium hortabatur, ut, etc., Afran. ap. Non. 523, 14:

multae res ad hoc consilium Gallos hortabantur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6:

secundum ea multae res eum hortabantur, quare sibi eam rem cogitandam et suscipiendam putaret,

id. ib. 1, 33, 2.—With inf.:

(rei publicae dignitas) me ad sese rapit, haec minora relinquere hortatur,

Cic. Sest. 3, 7.—

Prov.:

hortari currentem,

i. e. to urge one who needs no urging, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6; id. Att. 13, 45, 2; v. curro. —

In partic., in milit. lang., to exhort soldiers before a battle:

Sabinus suos hortatus cupientibus signum dat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,

Sall. J. 49, 6:

suos hortando ad virtutem arrigere,

id. ib. 23, 1; Ov. A. A. 1, 207.

Also in the act. form, horto, āre (Prisc. p. 797 P.), Enn. Ann. 554 Vahl.; perf. hortavi, Sen. Suas. 5, 8.—

hortor, āri, in pass. signif.: ab amicis hortaretur, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; cf. Gell. 15, 13, 1: hoste hortato, Auct. B. Hisp. 1 fin.

hortor, ātus, 1 (archaic inf. pres. hortarier, Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 5), v. dep. [for horitor, v. horior], to urge one strongly to do a thing, to incite, instigate, encourage, cheer, exhort (freq. and class.; cf.: moneo, admoneo, suadeo).

In gen., constr. aliquem, aliquem ad or in aliquid, ut, ne, with the simple subj., de aliqua re, aliquid, with the inf. or absol.

With acc. pers.:

coquos,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 2, 5 sq.:

hacc, quae supra scripta sunt, eo spectant, ut te horter et suadeam,

Cic. Fam. 13, 4, 3: neque nos hortari neque dehortari decet Hominem peregrinum, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 61:

timentem,

Ov. M. 10, 466:

celeres canes,

id. H. 4, 41; cf.:

terribiles hortatus equos,

spurring on, id. M. 5, 421:

vitulos,

Verg. G. 3, 164:

pedes,

to drive on, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 7:

senex in culina clamat: hortatur cocos: Quin agitis hodie?

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 6:

hortari coepit eundem Verbis, quae timido quoque possent addere mentem,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 35.—

Ad or in aliquid:

ad laudem milites,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

ad concordiam,

Quint. 6, 1, 50:

ad curam rei publicae,

id. 5, 11, 24:

ad diligentiam,

id. 9, 4, 133:

ad quaerendum,

id. 5, 12, 1:

ad reliqua fortius exsequenda,

id. 4, 5, 23:

paribus Messapum in proelia dictis Hortatur,

Verg. A. 11, 521:

in amicitiam jungendam,

Liv. 43, 19, 14.—

De aliqua re:

iisdem de rebus etiam atque etiam hortor, quibus superioribus litteris hortatus sum,

Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1:

de Aufidiano nomine nihil te hortor,

id. ib. 16, 19:

aliquem de concilianda pace,

Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 3.—

With ut, ne, or the simple subj.:

Pompeium et hortari et orare... ut magnam infamiam fugiat, non desistemus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 2:

petit atque hortatur, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19 fin.:

ipse equo circumiens unumquemque nominans appellat, hortatur, rogat, uti meminerint, etc.,

Sall. C. 59, 5:

magno opere te hortor, ut, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3:

ego vos hortari tantum possum, ut amicitiam omnibus rebus humanis anteponatis,

id. Lael. 5, 17; 27, 104:

juvenes ut illam ire viam pergant,

Juv. 14, 121:

te sedulo Et moneo et hortor, ne cujusquam misereat,

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 7; Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 52:

Ambiorix in Nervios pervenit hortaturque, ne sui in perpetuum liberandi occasionem dimittant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 38, 2:

hortatur eos, ne animo deficiant,

id. B. C. 1, 19, 1.—With the simple subj.:

Labienum Treboniumque hortatur... ad eam diem revertantur,

id. B. G. 6, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 21, 4:

quid ego vos, de vestro impendatis, hortor?

Liv. 6, 15, 10:

hortatur et monet, imitetur vicinum suum Octavium,

Suet. Aug. 3 fin. —

Aliquem aliquid or simply aliquid:

sin tu (quod te jamdudum hortor) exieris,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 12: trepidus hortabar fugam, Poët. ap. Charis. 1, 4 fin.:

equidem pacem hortari non desino,

Cic. Att. 7, 14 fin.; so,

pacem amicitiamque,

Nep. Dat. 8, 5:

vias,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 22:

me miseram! cupio non persuadere quod hortor,

Ov. H. 19, 187.—

With inf. or an object-clause (rare):

cum legati hortarentur accipere,

Nep. Phoc. 1, 3:

(Daedalus) dedit oscula nato, Hortaturque sequi,

Ov. M. 8, 215; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 69:

(Chariclem medicum) remanere ac recumbere hortatus est,

Suet. Tib. 72 (cf. in the foll. b.).—

With supine:

neque ego vos ultum injurias hortor,

Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 17 Dietsch.—

Absol.:

hortor, asto, admoneo,

Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 10:

Sigambri fuga comparata, hortantibus iis, quos, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 18 fin.:

hortante et jubente Vercingetorige,

id. ib. 7, 26, 1; Nep. Att. 10, 4 al.—

Of inanim. or abstract things:

pol benefacta tua me hortantur, tuo ut imperio paream,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 60: res, tempus, locus, simul otium hortabatur, ut, etc., Afran. ap. Non. 523, 14:

multae res ad hoc consilium Gallos hortabantur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6:

secundum ea multae res eum hortabantur, quare sibi eam rem cogitandam et suscipiendam putaret,

id. ib. 1, 33, 2.—With inf.:

(rei publicae dignitas) me ad sese rapit, haec minora relinquere hortatur,

Cic. Sest. 3, 7.—

Prov.:

hortari currentem,

i. e. to urge one who needs no urging, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 6; id. Att. 13, 45, 2; v. curro. —

In partic., in milit. lang., to exhort soldiers before a battle:

Sabinus suos hortatus cupientibus signum dat,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,

Sall. J. 49, 6:

suos hortando ad virtutem arrigere,

id. ib. 23, 1; Ov. A. A. 1, 207.

Also in the act. form, horto, āre (Prisc. p. 797 P.), Enn. Ann. 554 Vahl.; perf. hortavi, Sen. Suas. 5, 8.—

hortor, āri, in pass. signif.: ab amicis hortaretur, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.; cf. Gell. 15, 13, 1: hoste hortato, Auct. B. Hisp. 1 fin.

mŏnĭtus, a, um, Part., from moneo.

mŏnĭtus, ūs, m. [moneo], a reminding, warning, admonition.

In gen. (only poet.):

monitu nutricis,

Ov. H. 18, 115:

finierat monitus,

id. M. 2, 103:

laevo monitu pueros producit avaros,

Juv. 14, 228:

monitus acres tradere,

Val. Fl. 1, 475. —

In partic., admonition by the gods through omens, an omen, prognostic, prophecy, the will of the gods, a warning by oracles, lightning, etc. (class.): fortunae monitu, * Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86:

revererique numinum monitus,

Plin. Pan. 76:

fulgarum,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24: pecudum, sacrificial signs or prognostics, Val. Fl. 1, 29: sub obtentu monituum deorum quaedam enuntiare, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 6.

prae-dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To cry in public, make known by crying in public, to publish, proclaim.

Lit., of a public crier:

ut praeco praedicat,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17:

auctionem praedicem, ipse ut venditem,

id. Stich. 1, 3, 41; cf.:

si palam praeco praedicasset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; Cic. Quint. 15, 50; id. Off. 3, 13, 55; id. Fam. 5, 12, 8.—

Transf.

In gen., to make publicly known, to announce, proclaim, to say, relate, state, declare (syn.:

moneo, ante denuntio,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; 1, 15, 43;

class.): audes mihi praedicare id, Domi te esse?

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 11:

vera praedico,

id. ib. 3, 2, 20:

aliam nunc mihi orationem despoliato praedicas, atque olim,

you tell a different story, speak another language, id. As. 1, 3, 52:

utrum taceamne an praedicem?

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

si quidem haec vera praedicat,

id. And. 3, 1, 7.—With obj.-clause:

qui ingenti magnitudine corporum Germanos esse praedicabant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; Sall. C. 48, 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 106, 4:

barbari paucitatemque nostrorum militum suis praedicaverunt,

reported, id. B. G. 4, 34:

injuriam in eripiendis legionibus praedicat,

displays, id. B. C. 1, 32, 6:

ut praedicas,

as you assert, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23:

quod mihi praedicabas vitium, id tibi est,

that you attribute to me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 249:

avus tuus tibi aediliciam praedicaret repulsam,

would tell you of the repulse that P. Nasica suffered respecting the edileship, Cic. Planc. 21, 51.—

In partic., to praise, laud, commend, vaunt, extol (syn.: laudo, celebro); constr. with aliquid ( de aliquo), de aliquā re, and absol., Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 18:

quid ego ejus tibi nunc faciem praedicem aut laudem?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 17:

beata vita glorianda et praedicanda est,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 50; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 57:

aliquid miris laudibus,

id. 25, 5, 18, § 40; 13, 24, 47, § 130; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10; Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 54.—With obj.-clause:

Galli se omnes ab Dite patre prognatos praedicant,

Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

quae de illo viro Sulla, quam graviter saepe praedicaverunt!

Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 33:

qui possit idem de se praedicare, numquam se plus agere, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 17, 27; cf. id. Pis. 1, 2.—With de aliquā re:

qui de meis in vos meritis praedicaturus non sum,

Caes. B. C. 2, 32.— Absol.:

qui benefacta sua verbis adornant, non ideo praedicare, quia fecerint, sed, ut praedicarent, fecisse creduntur,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

verecundia in praedicando,

Tac. Agr. 8 fin. —

To preach the gospel (eccl. Lat.):

evangelium,

Vulg. Matt. 4, 23:

baptismum,

id. Marc. 1, 4; absol., id. Matt. 4, 17 et saep.—

For praedicere, to foretell, predict (eccl. Lat.):

persecutiones eos passuros praedicabat,

Tert. Fug. in Persec. 6; so,

persecutiones praedicatae,

id. ib. 12.

prae-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to say or mention before or beforehand, to premise.

In gen. (mostly post-Aug.; cf.

praefor),

Ter. And. 4, 4, 54:

hoc primum in hac re praedico tibi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 19:

Davus dudum praedixit mihi,

id. ib. 5, 1, 21; 1, 2, 34; Quint. 4, 2, 57:

tria, quae praediximus,

have mentioned before, id. 3, 6, 89; 2, 4, 24:

praedicta ratio,

id. 8, 6, 52: ratio ejus in medicinā similis praedictis. Plin. 33, 13, 37, § 136; Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 8.—

In partic.

To foretell, predict; to forebode (class.):

defectiones solis et lunae multo ante praedicere,

Cic. Sen. 14, 49; so,

eclipsim,

Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 53:

futura,

Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; Petr. [p. 1417] 137 fin.:

nihil adversi accidit non praedicente me,

that I had not predicted, id. Fam. 6, 6:

aliquid,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 32, 5:

malum hoc nobis De caelo tactas memini praedicere quercus,

Verg. E. 1, 17:

hos luctus,

id. A. 3, 713.—

To give notice or warning of, to appoint, fix (mostly post-Aug.), Naev. ap. Non. 197, 16:

ubi praetor reo atque accusatoribus diem praedixisset,

Tac. A. 2, 79:

praedictā die,

id. ib. 11, 27:

insula Batavorum in quam convenirent praedicta,

id. ib. 2, 6; cf. Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

praedicta hora,

Suet. Claud. 8.—

To say what one should do, to advise, warn, admonish, inform, charge, command (class.; syn.: praecipio, moneo); usually constr. with ut or ne:

Pompeius suis praedixerat, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92; Nep. Them. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 10, 4; 22, 60; 39, 19, 2:

ei visam esse Junonem praedicere, ne id faceret,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Liv. 10, 41:

praedixit, ne destinatum iter peterent,

Vell. 2, 82, 2; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf. in the abl. absol.:

praedicto, ne in re publicā haberetur,

id. ib. 16, 33.—With acc.:

unum illud tibi... Praedicam,

Verg. A. 3, 436; cf. with an obj.-clause:

Mummius jussit praedici conducentibus, si eas (statuas) perdidissent, novas eos reddituros,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; absol. of a physician, Curt. 3, 6, 3.—

To proclaim, announce at an auction, etc. (cf. 1. praedico, I. A.):

si in auctione praedictum est, ne, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 4, 126.—Hence, praedictus, a, um, P. a., previously named, before mentioned, preceding:

vicina praedictae sed amplior virtus est,

Quint. 8, 3, 83:

nomen,

id. 9, 3, 66:

posterior ex praedictis locus,

id. 2, 4, 24; 10, 1, 74:

simul pedes, eques, classis aput praedictum amnem convenere,

Tac. A. 1, 60; Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 76.— praedictum, i, n.

(Acc. to II. A.) A foretelling, prediction (class.;

syn. praesagium): Chaldaeorum praedicta,

Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

astrologorum,

id. ib. 2, 42, 88:

vatum,

id. Leg. 2, 12, 30; Verg. A. 4, 464:

haruspicis,

Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24:

deorum,

Val. Fl. 4, 460.—

(Acc. to II. C.) An order, command (Livian):

praedictum erat dictatoris ne quid absente eo rei gereret,

Liv. 23, 19, 5.—

An agreement, concert:

velut ex praedicto,

Liv. 33, 6, 8.

sēdŭlus, a, um, adj. [etym. dub.; acc. to Curt. from root hed-, to go; Gr. hodos, way; whence Lat. solum, solium; cf. tremulus, from tremo; prop. active, inclined to motion; but perh. better referred to root sed-, sid-, (Sanscr. sad-), of sedeo; Engl. sit; cf. assiduus. The derivation from sē - dolo, adopted by Don. Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 59; Serv. Verg. A. 2, 374; Non. 37, 28; and Isid. Orig. 10, 244 and 247; cf. Döderl. Syn. 1, p. 117 sq. al., is an error]; orig. sitting fast, persisting in some course of action; hence, busy, diligent, industrious, zealous, careful, unremitting, solicitous, assiduous, sedulous (mostly poet.;

syn.: diligens, officiosus, attentus): eloquentes videbare, non sedulos velle conquirere,

orators, not those who labor at oratory, Cic. Brut. 47, 176:

haec a concubitu fit sedula, tardior illa,

Ov. A. A. 1, 377:

exanimat lentus spectator, sedulus inflat,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 178:

tantum venerata virum hunc sedula curet,

Tib. 1, 5, 33; cf.

puer (minister),

Hor. C. 1, 38, 6:

agricola,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 101:

olitor, Col. poët. 10, 148: apis,

Tib. 2, 1, 50; Ov. M. 13, 928:

Baucis,

id. ib. 8, 640:

anus,

Tib. 1, 3, 84:

nutrix,

Ov. H. 21, 95; id. M. 10, 438; Hor. A. P. 116:

mater,

Phaedr. 4, 5, 13:

deducat juvenum sedula turba senem,

Tib. 1, 4, 80:

sedula fune viri contento bracchia lassant,

Ov. F. 4, 297:

labor,

Sen. Hippol. 1109:

opera,

App. M. 9, p. 237:

industria,

id. ib. 2, p. 128:

ministerium,

id. ib. 11, p. 267:

cura,

Col. 8, 1, 3 et saep.: velim te arbitrari factum. R. Sedulum est, submoventur hostes, removentur lapides, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 194 P.—

With an invidious implication, officious, obtrusive:

ne studio nostri pecces odiumque libellis Sedulus importes opera vehemente minister,

Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 5:

hospes,

id. S. 1, 5, 71:

nec quisquam flammae sedulus addat aquam,

Tib. 2, 4, 42:

luna,

Prop. 1, 3, 32; cf.:

male sedulus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 699; id. M. 10, 438.—Hence, advv.

sēdŭlō, busily, diligently, industriously, eagerly, carefully, zealously, unremittingly, assiduously, solicitously, sedulously.

In gen. (very freq. and class.;

a favorite word of Plaut. and Ter.): nam ille amico suo sodali sedulo rem mandatam exsequitur,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 71 sq.:

ut cognorant, dabimus operam sedulo,

id. Cas. prol. 16; so,

operam dare,

id. Pers. 4, 7, 10; id. Men. 5, 7, 20:

addere,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 54; id. Most. 1, 2, 41:

comparare quae opus sunt,

Liv. 1, 41:

faciam sedulo, Ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 25.—Most freq. with facere; cf. Cato, R. R. 2, 2; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 108; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 30; id. Merc. 2, 3, 126; id. Poen. 1, 2, 144; id. Pers. 1, 1, 47 sq.; Ter. And. 3, 4, 18; 4, 1, 56; id. Eun. 2, 3, 71; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 74; 2, 4, 16; id. Ad. 1, 1, 25; 2, 2, 43; Cic. Clu. 21, 58; id. Fin. 3, 4 fin.; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10 a, 2.—With fieri, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 31; id. Rud. 1, 4, 22; id. Trin. 1, 2, 155; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 59; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 51; 5, 8, 12; Cic. Fam. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

sedulo id ago,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 8:

agitans mecum,

id. Phorm. 4, 3, 10: ad socios nostros sedulo dispertieram, alio frumentum, alio legatos, etc., Cato ap. Charis. p. 197 P.; cf.: salutem impertit studiose et sedulo, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 30:

aliquid conservare,

Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

servare,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 7; id. Curc. 5, 2, 41; id. Rud. 2, 3, 52:

celare,

id. Aul. 1, 2, 35:

dissimulare,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 2; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 81:

animum advertere,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 40; id. Rud. 2, 2, 1; cf.:

munditer se habere,

id. Poen. 1, 2, 26: Ge. Valuistine usque? Ep. Sustentatum'st sedulo, id. Stich. 3, 2, 14; 4, 2, 8:

sedulo aliquid dicere,

to assert emphatically, protest, id. Capt. 4, 2, 106; cf.: ego illud sedulo Negare factum;

ille instat factum,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 119; so,

moneo,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 72:

et moneo, et hortor,

id. Hec. 1, 1, 6:

credere,

i. e. sincerely, id. Phorm. 2, 4, 13; cf.

argumentari,

Cic. Att. 3, 12, 1.—

In partic., with an implication of design, on purpose, designedly, intentionally (rare;

not in Cic.): aliquid occultare,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 48:

fingit causas, ne det, sedulo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 58:

nusquam nisi in virtute spes est, milites, et ego sedulo, ne esset, feci,

Liv. 34, 14:

diem extrahere,

id. 28, 15:

tempus terere,

id. 3, 46: imitari aliquem, Quint. 7, 1, 54.—

sēdŭlē, busily, diligently, carefully, etc. (post-Aug. and rare):

semper custos sedule circumire debet alvearia,

Col. 9, 9, 1: hoc munus implet sedule, Prud. steph. 5, 407; Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 13.

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